Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-10-25
Tuesday, October 25, 1857,
ssPERsONAL LIBERTY.


The performances of the Personal Liberty
party are worth attention. The contest now
going on in Albany is lively one. Those
who believe in the American Sunday and
are determined that theaters and liquor
stores shall not be opened on that day held
meetings last night. One was under the
care of the Rev. Father Walworth, the dis
tinguished temperance advocate of the Ro-
man Catholic church in Albany and the 9TH
er> had as it's chairman Henry R. Pierson,
chancellor of the university. Hen of all re-
Hgious faiths have joined in this movement
an 4 lbany to;preserYe Sunday as it is.
The Personal Liberty party managers have
been active. They have sent to candidates
for the Assembly some questions which they
demand snail be. answered within Eve days.
These questions are as follows: a '',
Are you in favor of modification of the
present excise and Sunday lawss
Are you in favor of the passage of gen.
eral law permitting the sale on Sundays of
light wines and malt beverages?
Are you in favor of the passage of a law
permitting the sale on Sundays of light
wines and malt beverages in cities of 10, 600
Inhabitants or over?
permitting the sale on Sundays of light wines
and malt beverages between the hours of 10
o'clock noon and 10 o'clock midnight, or
during any other portion of such days
Are you in favor of the passage Of a law per-
mitting the opening on Sundays to the pub
lie of art galleries, museums and ibrariesa
Are you in favor of secular music on Sun
days in public parks, squares, gardens or
hallsa
The deep and growing interest in this
matter is indicated by the fact that not less
than dozen ministers in New York city en-
Sunday discussed it in their pulpits. One
of the strongest presentations of the ca Sc
was that made by the Rev. DR.. Kittridge,
who said, among other things: The great
est enemy to mankind is business that
sends 10000 people yearly to drunkards'
graves, and sends quarter of million of
mothers, sisters and daughters to shame. Its
flags are red and its guns are pointed at the
ballot box, education and religion; yet it
claims the right to except itself from Sunday
laws that its manufacture of thieves and
murderers may go on seven days in the
week. Is it not a touching picture, this fear
of the saloon keeper that the young man
may miss his glass of beer, or his right to go
reeling home to break the hearts of his
mother and his wife? There is fallacy in
this Personal Liberty party. When a man
becomes member of society he gives up
certain rights. I can't erect wooden
house here, though may want to, the law
requires bricks or stone. The good order of
community comes first; the whole is great
er than part. So it is that the first ele-
ment in this party is wrong. This conflict
has been going on for ages and was never
fercer than now. There is power in the
State to silence it forever. When America
loses the Sabbath, she will lose the brightest
jewel in her crown, the frmest rock on
which the constitution is founded, and she
will open the doors for crime and sensuous-
ness.
It will be well for those all over the coun-
try who believe in Sunday as it has been
here to wake up to what is going on. There
is no doubt that there is going to be a well
organized and powerful attack upon it.